Thursday, August 9, 2012

Leaf House – Angra dos Reis, Brazil

The roof of this architectural masterpiece looks like a giant flower
with six petals, each of which covers a different section of the home. A
curved swimming pool works its way through the house before
culminating as a small pond stocked with fish and vegetation in the
backyard. Architect firm Mareines + Patalano designed the interior of
this house to be free of hallways, providing ample space for the beach
winds to blow through. “The idea of hallways stems from production
homebuilding, which has so dominated our environment
and marketplace that people see them as a standard,” says Peter
Koliopoulos, an architect with 26 years of experience and founder of
Arizona-based Circle West Architects. “That is really unfortunate
because great spaces are developed in a way that this home has been
developed.” This post features 18 strangest homes around the world whom
can also be considered as most unique houses by their unique
architecture designs.